For the last 43 years, Joni Eareckson Tada has inspired countless people with her courageous faith and positive outlook despite being paralysed from the neck down. Now Tada has received further bad news. Last week she was diagnosed with breast cancer which was confirmed a few days later as being malignant.
Despite this further challenge, Tada remains positive.
"I want to assure you that I am genuinely content to receive from God whatever He deems fit for me even if it is from His left hand because better something from His left hand than no hand at all, right?" the beloved disability advocate and quadriplegic said in a video message to her supporters.
Paralysed at age 17 after a swimming pool accident, Tada has worked tirelessly in Christian mission work and in providing a voice for those suffering from disabilities. News of her condition has led to numerous messages of support pouring through to her Facebook page and the website of her ministry at the Joni and Friends International Disability Center.
"I mean I haven't gone through 43 years of quadriplegia to be shaken by this news, right?" Tada went onto say.
Nevertheless, she has asked for prayers that she will be rid of the cancer and fully healed.
Regular updates regarding Tada's health and progress will be posted to the "Joni’s Corner" section of the Joni and Friends ministry website at www.joniandfriends.org.
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